Saints 1-1 Spurs - Match Thread

[Saint_clark]

Perraud having a nightmare to be fair. 

[egg]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Slightly baffled why we haven't brought on Romeu yet to help shore things up

One yellow from a ban I think. May be needed at CB next game...only Bednarek available at the mo. 

[BERMUDASAINT]

Cheating ref , 12th man for Spurs, I bet we get lots of extra time if we are still 1-1, and play over that time to give Spurs a chance.

[OttawaSaint]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Nah, ref got that one right (for a change)

I know, I'm just appealing everything. The dog vomited what he had eaten off the Christmas tree all over me and I feel and look like a Spurs player.

Edited 28 December, 2021 by OttawaSaint

[Saint Billy]

S Armstrong still looks unfit. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Disallowed again!

[DT]

Can we get Broja on for a bit? Might help with ball retention and possibility of scoring a winner

[Saint_clark]

Oh god I hope that was actually a foul on Forster......

[OttawaSaint]

Good God. 

[Chez]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

I like Perraud. He's taking no shit and giving it plenty. Good lad.

he's so average though, at everything. He's not terribly quick, strong, good on the ball, and crossing, tacking, passing and dribbling are all `meh'. 

[adrian lord]

Shut up Hoddle

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Oh god I hope that was actually a foul on Forster......

Definitely, despite what hoddle is saying. Have to be consistent with how you protect keepers.

[Jonnyboy]

Perraud poor from what Ive seen this half. 

[OttawaSaint]

Ugh, we got away with one there. He dropped it.

[AlexLaw76]

hmmm, i would want that goal at the other end.....

[DT]

That was a very lucky escape

[Saint_clark]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Ugh, we got away with one there. He dropped it.

No, he had it safe in his hands and it was knocked out by the player jumping into him. 

[Vancouver Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Perraud having a nightmare to be fair. 

What? Are we watching the same game? Think he' s done pretty well.

My problem is not this game but Brentford now without Salisu and no centre back replacement if Lyanco and Stephens out.

[Chez]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Oh god I hope that was actually a foul on Forster......

maybe a slight foul, maybe, but it's woeful keeping. Got lucky.

[Fan The Flames]

The based ref got all confused there and disallowed it. Useless as well as biased 😄

[Mr X]

Forster very lucky

[bpsaint]

Keepers always going to get protected there but why the hell isnt Forster claiming that at its highest point, basics for a keeper.

[obelisk]

Subs please Ralph.

[adrian lord]

We are riding our luck, that is for sure. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Whew! Well done Forster

[Saint_clark]

Long made the wrong decision there, should have kept hold of it rather than play for the corner. 

Shocking again from Perraud to try a shot from there. 

Great save Forster.

[Mr X]

Just now, adrian lord said:

We are riding our luck, that is for sure. 

It's going to run out soon 

[Saint NL]

The protection the keepers get is stupid really, that wouldn't be a foul against any other player.

Still, happy days the ref gave the foul

[Miltonaggro]

Broja on. Come on Saints!

[BotleySaint]

Chance after chance. 

We've been a bit reckless giving it away. Too many rush of blood decisions.

[OttawaSaint]

Now that's a great save by FF.

Odd game this. 

[Chez]

gaps are starting to open and `cover' is no longer there for fullbacks. need some subs.

[trousers]

A narrow defeat is going to be more annoying than a second half capitulation here. 

[Turkish]

15 minutes ago, Mystic Force said:

David Pruton on NBC sports really does not seem to like Southampton much.

Well he does, he lives near me, often see him walking round town with his son wearing saints kit. We have a mutual friend and he’s very fond of saints 

[DT]

Actually, well played Long. And thanks for listening Ralph 

Edited 28 December, 2021 by DT

[egg]

Noted that all this bias ref bollox has stopped after he disallowed their goal cos Forster dropped the ball!

[Chez]

1 minute ago, bpsaint said:

Keepers always going to get protected there but why the hell isnt Forster claiming that at its highest point, basics for a keeper.

cos he is and always has been crap when coming for crosses. 

Decent save with his feet afterwards though.

[Mr X]

Forster very poor with dropping the ball under the slightest of fouls but then a good save 

[OttawaSaint]

Game descending into comedy. Can we somehow get the last laugh?

Broja on!

[CanadaSaint]

Forster needs to use his height and take the ball at its zenith, not wait for it to come down to chest height.

Maybe it’ll turn out like that Arsenal game when he survived clangers and somehow saved everything they threw at him.

[Saint_clark]

If we actually look up before we punt it forward we could still nick this, or at least hold on.

If we spent the next 25 minutes just hoofing it back to them we will lose.

 

[wooley7]

Main focus, keeping it 1-1 but Broja gives a little hope of the win! Just give him one chance to run the centre backs!!

[DT]

Pleasing amount of spirit and fight today

[nta786]

Just feels like delaying the inevitable here but no one can complain at a 1-1 here

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Well he does, he lives near me, often see him walking round town with his son wearing saints kit. We have a mutual friend and he’s very fond of saints 

It's a case of him being professional and not wanting to appear biased whereas the likes of Hoddle and Carragher can't help themselves. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Alvin Martin: Bednarek is someone who leads from the front.

[DT]

This would now be a terrific point

[adrian lord]

Class Broja

[Saint_clark]

Well done Broja lad. I would have liked him to keep up the run and make Davies decide whether to dive in, but we got a corner. 

[Saint_clark]

Come on Prowsey, under no pressure there and you just hoof it...